diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
index 559f5b3416..608852d09f 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -8910,6 +8910,21 @@ run_rc_command "$1"</programlisting>
 	    <para>All boolean tests should utilize the checkyesno function.
 	      No hand-rolled tests for [Yy][Ee][Ss], etc.</para>
 	  </step>
+
+	  <step>
+	    <para>If there is a loop (for example, waiting for something to
+	      start) does it have a counter to terminate the loop?   We do
+	      not want the boot to be stuck forever if there is an error.</para>
+	  </step>
+
+	  <step>
+	    <para>Does the script create files or directories that need
+	      specific permissions, for example, a pid file that needs
+	      to be owned by the user that runs the process?  Rather than
+	      the traditional touch/chown/chmod routine consider using
+	      &man.install.1; with the proper command line arguments to
+	      do the whole procedure with one step.</para>
+	  </step>
 	</procedure>
       </sect2>
     </sect1>